Since I was in the army and served in Iraq three tours, Bob Feller will always be a United States hero more than a baseball player. Feller was the first major league player to volunteer and enlist in the military in World War II. Feller just recently died in 2010, he was a decorated war hero and he still was able to get a total of 266 career wins! I am sure glad I was able to get an autograph of this great American!
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Vintage Autograph Find! Bob Feller
I got a diamond in the rough a few months ago when I found a Bob Feller autograph. I was searching a common box at a small card shop and it had a group of 1992 Conlon Collection cards. Each card in the box was 25 cents. I picked out these two cards below, so for 50 cents I got a classic Cardinal great Johnny Mize and an (un-certified) Bob Feller autograph card! This is a real auto pulled from a pack, but in 1992 Conlon didn't think to have it certified, thus it holds less of a value. Still I was able to get an autograph of a member of the hall of fame, and one of the best pitchers to ever pitch for 25 cents! Goes to show if you take a little time and do some searching you may find that card that slips through the cracks and gets lost in the shuffle, today it was this Feller!
Very cool find. The auto looks great on the Conlon card.
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